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of managing a post-assad transition. as jim mentioned, this event this morning is in many ways the culmination of a project that has been in gestation for about nine months and many similarities to other -- [inaudible] this event this morning is an opportunity for us to discuss a document the day after, which we have available for you to pick up upstairs both in arabic and in english on a cd. it contains strategies, ideas, recommendations for how syrians can cope with a broad range of challenges that are inevitably going to follow. the transition to a post-assad air of in syria. what is critical to stress as jim mentioned is that this is very much the product of deliberation and discussion and debate, sometimes quite heated debate, among a group of about 45 to 50 significant figures within the syrian opposition who came together every month for a period of six months to work through the idea -- the ideas that were presented in this document. what i would like to stress however in getting us started this morning is that w
of managing a post-assad transition. as jim mentioned, this event this morning is in many ways the culmination of a project that has been in gestation for about nine months and many similarities to other -- [inaudible] this event this morning is an opportunity for us to discuss a document the day after, which we have available for you to pick up upstairs both in arabic and in english on a cd. it contains strategies, ideas, recommendations for how syrians can cope with a broad range of...
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managing a post assad transition. as jim mentioned, this event this morning is in many ways the cull min nation of a project that has been ingestation for about nine months and it bears any similarity to any -- it is simply a coincidence. this event this morning is an opportunity for us to discuss a document the day after, which we have available for you to pick up downstairs, both in arabic and english on a cd. that contains strategies, ideas, recommendations for how syrians can cope with the broad range of challenges that are inevitably going to follow the transition to 0 post asadder are a in syria. what's critical as jim mentioned this is very much the product of deliberations and discussions and debate. sometimes quite heated debates among a group of about 45 to 50 significant figures within the syrian opposition who came together every month for a period of six months to work through the ideas that were -- that were presented in this document. what i'd like to stress, however, in getting us started this morning
managing a post assad transition. as jim mentioned, this event this morning is in many ways the cull min nation of a project that has been ingestation for about nine months and it bears any similarity to any -- it is simply a coincidence. this event this morning is an opportunity for us to discuss a document the day after, which we have available for you to pick up downstairs, both in arabic and english on a cd. that contains strategies, ideas, recommendations for how syrians can cope with the...
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many have been liberated from the assad regime, the government control, and already, people they are are actually living and practicing this transition. and our work in the work of others is now being applied and we can begin to see the results and we can evolve our efforts. this is an evolving document. this is a growing document and we intend it always to be as such. we are now actively participating in the use of the document. >> before you jump in, i want to mention something very important. which is the work to begin creating a kind of change of the mindset of the orientation -- we need to work with the changes that are most urgent and most essential. it turns out that was the first one of many similar massacres. the escalation of violence, it has had an extraordinary corrosive effect on the mindset of syrians participating in this revolution it has a deep sectarian intercommunal hatred, it has deepened the desire for revenge on the part of those, it has created additional constraints for those who are wavering on what would happen to them if they were to decide that the opposit
many have been liberated from the assad regime, the government control, and already, people they are are actually living and practicing this transition. and our work in the work of others is now being applied and we can begin to see the results and we can evolve our efforts. this is an evolving document. this is a growing document and we intend it always to be as such. we are now actively participating in the use of the document. >> before you jump in, i want to mention something very...
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the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptens was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipe thears took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been violated and therefore the assad regime will tell you it will accept a cease fire. immediately i can tell you with confidence that the assad regime is lying through itself teeth. >> i think also it is a credible threat. we need a credible threat for him to commit to any plan. that's what i think is really wanted. we can not just suggest for him and hope he will follow that. we need to be credible. >> you said it is the west who insist that assad step down. i would like to tell you no, it is the syrian people who want assad to step down. the west
the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptens was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipe thears took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been...
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as president bashar al-assad syrian troops launched another attack on the rebels in the northern part of his country. there is a heavy turkish military presence this. clearly, the artillery has been given the grown light to fired. it is a dangerous dynamic and we could have a regional war. turkey is part of nato, so turkey could invoke the collective defense clause of that treaty and it would draw on the united states and other western allies to recollect and defend turkey if it gets into a war with syria. the other dynamic, the syrian rebels need help. it could be a point that syrian rebels launch shells at turkey to try and start a war that obviously they would get a lost help from going up against the common enemy, president bashar al-assad. >>trace: and the syrian rebel, how are they doing? >>guest: they have not been doing great but this week they did get some good news in an unusual victory. they took over a syrian air defense space which means they got the missiles inside that base, and if they can figure out how to use the missiles against president bashar al-assad's air force
as president bashar al-assad syrian troops launched another attack on the rebels in the northern part of his country. there is a heavy turkish military presence this. clearly, the artillery has been given the grown light to fired. it is a dangerous dynamic and we could have a regional war. turkey is part of nato, so turkey could invoke the collective defense clause of that treaty and it would draw on the united states and other western allies to recollect and defend turkey if it gets into a war...
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cannot seem to get the international system thingy to sort of you know do a last question against the assad regime and they cannot get a u.n. security council resolution to authorize these things and this may be you know setting the groundwork a pretext for a backdoor into military intervention because of course turkey then caught it can call on its nato allies to to assist and it's essentially the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with with the assad regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution so you know and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the ground for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. the un's most powerful body has called for restraint from both and qur'an damascus as a strongly decried syria's deadly attack on turkish citizens are. the latest from the un security council in new york. the u.n. security council agreed and issued a presidential statement strongly condemning wednesday's mortar attack by syria on a turkis
cannot seem to get the international system thingy to sort of you know do a last question against the assad regime and they cannot get a u.n. security council resolution to authorize these things and this may be you know setting the groundwork a pretext for a backdoor into military intervention because of course turkey then caught it can call on its nato allies to to assist and it's essentially the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with with the assad regime if...
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and it's essential to the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with the assad regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution so now and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the ground for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. and in the meantime the un's most powerful body his call for strength from both ankara and damascus as it strongly cried syria's deadly attack on turkish citizens to use more importantly has the latest now from the u.n. security council in new york. well the u.n. security council agreed and issued a presidential statement strongly condemning wednesday's mortar attack by syria on a turkish border town that as we already heard as killed people and injured several others the council called on the syrian government to fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors and the called on all concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint a presidential statement issued by the council also demanded th
and it's essential to the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with the assad regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution so now and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the ground for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. and in the meantime the un's most powerful body his call for strength from both ankara and damascus as it strongly...
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inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days that is if the assad government doesn't comply with their demands and release captured opposition fighters. thousands of in the mists call for change in the jordanian capital amman as part of a massive rally that threatens to shatter the solid monarchy. and italy's biggest cities turned into a conflict zone with students clashing with police and the latest show a few. it's just after seven o'clock on friday night here in the russian capital of this with me will receive the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing forty eight iranian pilgrims they kidnapped back in august a threat would be carried out if the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to release rebel fighters and stop the shelling john laughlin from the paris space institute of democracy and cooperation he says this should alert the world to the true nature of the rebels' fight in syria. i think it does underline the nature of at least some elements within the syrian rebels who of course are presented in most of the western
inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days that is if the assad government doesn't comply with their demands and release captured opposition fighters. thousands of in the mists call for change in the jordanian capital amman as part of a massive rally that threatens to shatter the solid monarchy. and italy's biggest cities turned into a conflict zone with students clashing with police and the latest show a few. it's just after seven o'clock on friday...
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in syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands and release captured opposition fighters. it is just after four pm on friday here in moscow i'm live on odds he thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform and that's despite the king having already dissolved the parliament the rally was organized by the jordanian wing of the muslim brotherhood in just a few moments here and we'll be checking in live with our correspondent she is among the crowds there for a live report. from protests all of a different nature having gulf the secular muslim country in turkey's two biggest cities thousands of miles to protest what they see is the government escalating tension against syria and what began as a peaceful demonstration in the capital turned violent when a riot police moved in to disperse the crowd. of water cannons smoke grenades all being used to break the ranks of activists unhappy with the. current policies of turkey's ruling party protester
in syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands and release captured opposition fighters. it is just after four pm on friday here in moscow i'm live on odds he thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform and that's despite the king having already dissolved the parliament the rally was organized by the jordanian wing of the muslim brotherhood...
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inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands release captured opposition fighters. it is an hour just after five pm on friday here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rule research. and thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform but we can go to the latest pictures for you here on see these are from amman the rallies taking place despite the king having already dissolved the parliament clearing the way for new elections he pledged to introduce more reform to avoid the arab spring style unrest the country has already faced nearly twenty months of protests with people demanding more say in how the state is run later this hour here on r.t. we'll be joined by our correspondent she is in the center of the crowds in. meanwhile in syria the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing forty eight iranian pilgrims they kidnapped in august the threat would be carried out of the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to re
inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands release captured opposition fighters. it is an hour just after five pm on friday here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rule research. and thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform but we can go to the latest pictures for you here on see these are from amman the rallies taking place...
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inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days that is if the assad government doesn't comply with. opposition fighters. thousands of call for change inside the jordanian capital amman part of a massive rally that threatens to shatter. and italy's biggest cities turn into a conflict zone with students clashing with police. and the. worldwide news live from moscow this is with me roll received the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing four iranian pilgrims they kidnapped back in august the threat would be carried out if the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to release rebel fighters and stop shelling. from the power of democracy and cooperation says this should alert the world to the true nature of the rebels' fight in syria. i think it does underline the nature of at least some elements within the syrian rebels who of course are presented in most of the western media as freedom fighters if they were to carry out their threat to execute these hostages and i think people would understand that we are dealing with a very viciou
inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days that is if the assad government doesn't comply with. opposition fighters. thousands of call for change inside the jordanian capital amman part of a massive rally that threatens to shatter. and italy's biggest cities turn into a conflict zone with students clashing with police. and the. worldwide news live from moscow this is with me roll received the free syrian army says in two days they could start...
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iranian aircraft are over flying iraq supporting bashar al assad. in afghanistan because we tell them we're leaving, we now have this terrible afghan-on-american shooting, and all the president says is -- we are leaving, we are withdrawing. the iranians don't think we're serio serious because we spend our time selling israelis not to attack. the most shameful thing in american history in syria, while 30,000 people are massacred there, the iranians have people on the ground and the massacre goes on. everything they said would happen if we intervened has now happened because we didn't intervene, including rising influence of al qaeda in syria. it's terrible, it's disgraceful, and it's feckless and it is a president who believes in leading from behind. >> senator mccain, thank you very much for joining us. we hope you'll come back and join us again soon. >> any time. >>> we have called the white house to invite them to put a representative on to talk about either of the two jobs stories we just covered. we have not heard back. but we've got a guy who's
iranian aircraft are over flying iraq supporting bashar al assad. in afghanistan because we tell them we're leaving, we now have this terrible afghan-on-american shooting, and all the president says is -- we are leaving, we are withdrawing. the iranians don't think we're serio serious because we spend our time selling israelis not to attack. the most shameful thing in american history in syria, while 30,000 people are massacred there, the iranians have people on the ground and the massacre goes...
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this will be a real test in terms of how much iran is willing to stand behind president assad, if they're ill willing to see their own people executed to try to keep up pressure on rebels. the next 48 hours will see how that will play out. as we know there is a lot of pressure right now on president sass saud even though there is what you might call a tense calm on the border after the skirmish you talked about in the beginning jenna. right now the turk kish it foreign minister said it would a serious mistake to underestimate turkey's resolve. as we've seen the past don't four, 48 hours, it could easily snowball into a regional war if there is anymore firing into turkey from syria the next couple weeks. jenna: thank you very much. we'll continue to watch the situation on the ground there. jon: a prominent conservative columnist doing a 180 on governor romney. peggy noonan had been highly critical of mr. romney's presidential campaign but writing in "the wall street journal" she now says the debate was a game-changer in this race and its impact will be felt far and wide. is this a fair ass
this will be a real test in terms of how much iran is willing to stand behind president assad, if they're ill willing to see their own people executed to try to keep up pressure on rebels. the next 48 hours will see how that will play out. as we know there is a lot of pressure right now on president sass saud even though there is what you might call a tense calm on the border after the skirmish you talked about in the beginning jenna. right now the turk kish it foreign minister said it would a...